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Exclusive: Beyond Valeant, U.S. payers scrutinize other drugmaker ties to pharmacies

Express Scripts Holding Co, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit manager, is reviewing pharmacy programs run by AbbVie Inc and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd after finding questionable practices at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc’s partner pharmacy, Philidor Rx Services. Express Scripts and other big managers of prescription medicine benefits for health plans said on Thursday they would no longer work with Philidor as concerns mount that Philidor was improperly directing drugs made

Swatch CEO sees 2016 Swiss launch for pay watch: newspaper

Swatch Group (UHR.VX) expects to launch a smartwatch that can be used to make payments in Switzerland next spring, Chief Executive Nick Hayek said in an interview with a Swiss newspaper published on Saturday. The watch is likely to use a pre-paid system, Hayek told Finanz und Wirtschaft, unlike a version launched in China this month that can be used like a debit card. Hayek said this was because the

Swatch CEO sees 2016 Swiss launch for pay watch: newspaper

Swatch Group (UHR.VX) expects to launch a smartwatch that can be used to make payments in Switzerland next spring, Chief Executive Nick Hayek said in an interview with a Swiss newspaper published on Saturday. The watch is likely to use a pre-paid system, Hayek told Finanz und Wirtschaft, unlike a version launched in China this month that can be used like a debit card. Hayek said this was because the